So we have been in Thailand for 2 days now. Boy did we have some fun during our stop in Tokyo... so we all know the Japanese are known for wearing masks every wear they go, and do to the H1N1 (swine) flu they made the entire plane fill out a form about their health. Then a "health" team boarded the plane with a thermal camera to check if anyone on board had a fever. WELL lucky for us Mik, one of the interns (also a team member from the Bolivia team) did have a fever. The Japanese guy got all freaked out and took him temperature twice, then went and got more 'health' people (all dressed in Quarantine gear, right out of the movies, No Joke). Everyone on the plane was given a mask and we were informed that our entire section of the plane was under Quarantine because Mik might have Swine Flu...
almost an hr later they take Mik and I to first class were they swab his nose and throat and they test him right on the spot for the flu!
Luckily for us and at the amusement of the flight attendants He did not and does not have swine flu and our "quarantined" plane could be released. So after more than an hr of holding approximately 100 people in quarantine we were allowed to leave and to our amusement Japanese press and news were waiting at the departure gate, luckily the entire flight crew found it quite amusing and so did we. Funniest team moment yet, dont worry we have many pictures
SO NOW we are in Chiang Rai it is so freaking out, 40 degrees right now. It is very nice here, clean, geckos everywhere including the toilet and I am not enjoying the squatty potty. We are headed into the hill tribe villages to work for the week. It is a 2.5 hr trek by foot into the villages, we were told we might have to help the doctor with a birth this week :)
Time to jet
lates :)
almost an hr later they take Mik and I to first class were they swab his nose and throat and they test him right on the spot for the flu!
Luckily for us and at the amusement of the flight attendants He did not and does not have swine flu and our "quarantined" plane could be released. So after more than an hr of holding approximately 100 people in quarantine we were allowed to leave and to our amusement Japanese press and news were waiting at the departure gate, luckily the entire flight crew found it quite amusing and so did we. Funniest team moment yet, dont worry we have many pictures
SO NOW we are in Chiang Rai it is so freaking out, 40 degrees right now. It is very nice here, clean, geckos everywhere including the toilet and I am not enjoying the squatty potty. We are headed into the hill tribe villages to work for the week. It is a 2.5 hr trek by foot into the villages, we were told we might have to help the doctor with a birth this week :)
Time to jet
lates :)
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